In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
G. I. GURDJIEFFLaughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
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To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
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Only super-efforts count.
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